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Rare four suns halo amazes desert town observers
In Yuba City Arizona on a clear afternoon villagers witnessed a rare astronomical display with four brilliantly colored suns arranged in a halo, described by local artist Lillian Wilhelm Smith and guest Porter Emerson Browne. Lowell Observatory debated the event’s nature, noting ice-crystal clouds can create such halos though the phenomenon is exceptionally uncommon.
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Yuba City
Arizona
Yalta City
Rome
Danzig
Germany
Petrograd
Russia
Lillian Wilhelm Smith
Shekayah Rancho
Porter Emerson Browne
Rancho
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Pyrlovis Besson
Observatoire de Montsouris
France
Dr Besson
Hereliue